Food stuffs are cooked at precise temperatures, which are optionally below 100° C., in a vessel that is evacuated to exclude air, in which low pressure steam replaces the air. When a sufficient quantity of air is excluded and replaced with water vapor, the temperature of vapor is accurately measured inside the vessel below the lid to control the temperatures within about 1° C. Air is preferably excluded via a controlled heated process for a relatively short period of time at high temperature to generate steam, the temperature is lowered to condense water vapor upon which the lid will sealingly engage the rim of the vessel, forming a partial vacuum in the cooking vessel.

A preparation vessel arranged on a kitchen appliance base of a kitchen appliance, having at least one preparation space, at least one lid for closing the preparation space, at least one actuator element, and at least one actuating means, wherein the actuator element is movably mounted in an interface area relative to the kitchen appliance base, the actuating means being actuated by the actuator element, and the lid configured to lock or unlock by actuating the actuating means. A kitchen appliance having a preparation vessel is also provided. The preparation vessel and a kitchen appliance, which functions for the preparation of food with an enhanced ease of operation and high user safety, are realized in that at least one valve and at least one valve actuating are provided, and that the valve actuating means can at least be indirectly actuated with the actuating means.

A pressure cooker is provided. The pressure cooker comprises a base comprising a bottom and at least one sidewall extending from a perimeter of the bottom, a base flange extending about a perimeter of the at least one sidewall opposite the bottom, the bottom and the at least one sidewall defining, at least in part, an interior of the base; and a lid hingedly coupled to the base such that the lid is moveable between an open position that allows access to the interior of the base and a closed position that prevents access to the interior of the base, the lid comprising a lid flange about its perimeter. The pressure cooker further comprises one or more of a pressure release assembly; a spring-loaded hinge assembly; or a clamp assembly.

Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the cooking system being functional in a plurality of cooking modes. The cooking system includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. The cooking system includes a first lid configuration for use in at least a first cooking mode, a second lid configuration for use in at least a second cooking mode. A first lid detection sensor is configured to detect a closed condition of said first lid configuration and a second lid detection sensor is configured to detect a closed condition of said second lid configuration.

Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the cooking system being functional in a plurality of cooking modes. The cooking system includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. The cooking system includes a first lid configuration for use in at least a first cooking mode, a second lid configuration for use in at least a second cooking mode. A first lid detection sensor is configured to detect a closed condition of said first lid configuration and a second lid detection sensor is configured to detect a closed condition of said second lid configuration.

A pot cover assembly includes a cover body, a retractable member movably provided inside the cover body, and a driver assembly. The retractable member has, in a movement stroke of the retractable member, a locking position for locking a pot body and an unlocking position for unlocking the pot body. The driver assembly includes a driver member rotatably provided outside the cover body along an axis extending in a thickness direction of the cover body and a transmission mechanism transmissively connecting the driver member and the retractable member. The transmission mechanism is configured to convert a rotation of the driver member into a movement of the retractable member.

There is described a pressure cooker (2) configured for simultaneous pressure cooking and air frying, the pressure cooker comprising: a housing (10) defining a cooking chamber (20) configured to receive food items (60) to be cooked, and having a door (12) which can be opened in order to place food items (60) into the cooking chamber (20) and can be sealed closed such that the cooking chamber (20) is air tight when pressurized above ambient pressure; an air mover (30) mounted in the cooking chamber (20) for circulating air within the cooking chamber (20); a driving means for driving the air mover (30) situated outside the cooking chamber (20); and a drive arrangement for transmitting drive from the driving means to the air mover (30).

Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A food container having a hollow container interior is positionable within the hollow chamber. An end of the food container extends above the upper portion of the housing when the container is installed within the hollow chamber. A lid is moveably attached to the housing and is moveable between a first position that covers the upper portion of the housing and the opening to the hollow chamber when the food container is installed within the hollow chamber and a second position where the lid does not cover the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said lid and said housing.

Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A food container having a hollow container interior is positionable within the hollow chamber. An end of the food container extends above the upper portion of the housing when the container is installed within the hollow chamber. A lid is moveably attached to the housing and is moveable between a first position that covers the upper portion of the housing and the opening to the hollow chamber when the food container is installed within the hollow chamber and a second position where the lid does not cover the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said lid and said housing.

A compression chamber for a compression type ramen cooker is capable of cooking ramen by compression by blocking a discharge of air in a cooking container while cooking ramen. The compression chamber includes a lid, a chamber container having an upper portion on which the lid is mounted and a bottom surface to which the cooking container is coupled to seal the cooking container, a heater installed through the lid and mounted inside the chamber container to heat the water stored in the chamber container, a supply valve unit installed through the lid to supply water to the inside of the chamber container, a discharge valve unit installed through the lid to supply water in the chamber container to the cooking container, and a vapor discharge unit on a lower side of the chamber container to discharge compressed steam inside the cooking container.